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Saying that nuclear power plants are zero emissions ignores that fact that nuclear power plants produce nuclear waste that will have to be dealt with.
by inetsee 6y ago
Saying that nuclear power plants are zero emissions ignores that fact that nuclear power plants produce nuclear waste that will have to be dealt with.
- throwaway201103 6y agoIt's not that hard conceptually to deal with. Ideally you reprocess it into more fuel. Worst case you store it on-site in casks, or bury it somewhere geologically stable.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoIt may not be hard conceptually, but it does seem hard practically. To date, the number of geologically stable sites used for commercial - as opposed to experimental - storage of nuclear waste appears to be zero.
- xyzzyz 6y agoWe could also drop it to the bottom of the ocean, as we did for decades. Any spillage will dilute heavily (there's already plenty of radioisotopes in seawater), and it will take quite a while until geological processes get the bottom of the ocean to surface. Of course, we don't do that anymore, because it's stupid: nuclear waste is too valuable to just dispose of it like that.
- ainiriand 6y agoAs far as I know global warming is not caused by nuclear waste. And 'zero emissions' is a common way of calling energy producers that release no CO2.